{"id":6251,"date":"2016-10-11T19:30:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T23:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caloriecontrol.org\/?p=6251"},"modified":"2017-01-20T09:59:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T14:59:46","slug":"keri-peterson-md-myth-low-calorie-sweeteners-causing-cravings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caloriecontrol.org\/keri-peterson-md-myth-low-calorie-sweeteners-causing-cravings\/","title":{"rendered":"Keri Peterson, MD: The Myth of Low Calorie Sweeteners Causing Cravings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dr. Keri Peterson<br \/>\nMedical Advisor to the Calorie Control Council\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever been told that low-calorie sweetened foods or drinks will make you crave sugar even more?\u00a0 This myth has been perpetuated on blogs and talk shows all over the media.\u00a0 The thought behind this belief is that if you eat \u201cfake sugar\u201d then your body will want the real thing even more.\u00a0 That you are tricking your body into believing it got a sweet fix.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that this notion just isn\u2019t true- it has been disproven over and over again in multiple medical studies.\u00a0 In fact, many studies have found that people who replace full calorie beverages with low-calorie sweetened ones tend to make better dietary choices and eat less sweets, subsequently losing weight.\u00a0 For example, in a study of purchases at the supermarket, those who bought low-calorie sweetened drinks were buying healthy foods and not buying higher calorie foods.<\/p>\n<p>In another study, the participants replaced sugar-sweetened beverages with either low-calorie sweetened beverages or water. \u00a0Both groups decreased their intake of sugar-containing beverages.\u00a0 Even more compelling is that the low-calorie sweetened beverage group decreased their dessert and sweet food intake even more than the water group.<\/p>\n<p>So if you think diet soda will make you want chocolate cake, think again.\u00a0 Ingesting low-calorie sweeteners doesn\u2019t give you a sweet-tooth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>About Keri Peterson, MD<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1640 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/caloriecontrol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/KeriPetersonMD-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"KeriPetersonMD\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Dr. Peterson is a medical contributor and columnist for <em>Women\u2019s Health<\/em> and a frequent guest on <em>NBC\u2019s Today, ABC\u2019s Good Mornin<\/em><em>g America, Fox News<\/em> and<em> CNN<\/em>. Based in New York City, Dr. Peterson has been in private practice since 1999 and holds appointments at Lenox Hill Hospital and Mount Sinai Medical Center.\u00a0 \u00a0With a BA from Cornell University and a Medical Degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, she completed post-graduate training in Internal Medicine at New York\u2019s Mount Sinai Medical Center and is board certified in Internal Medicine. 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